/??n.??va?d/notstatedpublicly:Hisbehaviourdemonstratesan unavoweddisregardforothers.She had adimhope, unavowed, that some newdevelopmentwouldmeantheweddingwould be called off.More examples
There was areal, but unavowed,agreementbetween the threeleaders.
Heregardedhimself as aminister, though an unavowed one, andbelievedhimselfworthyof beinghired.
I wasdeterminedto make up for the unavowedillwill with which I hadreceivedher.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesFalling silent and not speaking
be (on) non-speakersidiom
bite
bitesomethingback
button your lipidiom
clam
clam up
draw
gob
have nothing to say foryourselfidiom
mouth
silence is goldenidiom
speak
speechless
speechlessly
speechlessness
stick
stick insomeone'sthroatidiom
tongue-tied
unmentioned
wordless
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